Zhang Dejiang

Zhang Dejiang
张德江
9th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office 14 March 2013 – 17 March 2018
Deputy	Li Jianguo
Leader	Xi Jinping
Preceded by	Wu Bangguo
Succeeded by	Li Zhanshu
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
In office 17 March 2008 – 16 March 2013 Serving with Li Keqiang Hui Liangyu, Wang Qishan
Premier	Wen Jiabao
Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing
In office 15 March 2012 – 20 November 2012
Deputy	Huang Qifan (Mayor)
Preceded by	Bo Xilai
Succeeded by	Sun Zhengcai
Communist Party Secretary of Guangdong
In office 24 December 2002 – 1 December 2007
Deputy	Lu Ruihua (Governor) Huang Huahua
Preceded by	Li Changchun
Succeeded by	Wang Yang
Communist Party Secretary of Zhejiang
In office 16 September 1998 – 24 December 2002
Deputy	Chai Songyue (Governor) Xi Jinping
Preceded by	Li Zemin
Succeeded by	Xi Jinping
Communist Party Secretary of Jilin
In office 6 June 1995 – 16 September 1998
Deputy	Wang Yunkun (Governor)
Preceded by	He Zhukang
Succeeded by	Wang Yunkun
Personal details
Born	(1946-11-04) 4 November 1946 (age 77) Tai'an County, Liaoning, Republic of China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Yanbian University Kim Il Sung University
Website	www.gov.cn

Zhang Dejiang (/dʒɑːŋ dəˈdʒjɑːŋ/;^[1] born 4 November 1946) is a Chinese retired politician who served as the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress between 2013 and 2018. He was also the third-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party from 2012 to 2017.

Zhang successively served as the Party Secretary of the provinces of Jilin and Zhejiang from 1995 to 2002. That year, he was promoted to the CCP Politburo and was appointed as the Party Secretary of Guangdong. During his tenure, the SARS outbreak began in Guangdong. From 2008 to 2013, he served as vice premier in charge of energy, telecommunications, and transportation under Premier Wen Jiabao, widely known for being Wen's 'troubleshooter' of choice, leading various disaster response task forces, such as during the 2009 Heilongjiang mine explosion and the 2011 Wenzhou train collision. In March 2012, Zhang briefly replaced Bo Xilai as the party secretary of Chongqing, who was removed due to a political scandal.

In 2013, he was promoted to become the third-ranking member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee. He also became the deputy head of the National Security Commission and the top official responsible for Hong Kong and Macau affairs. He was appointed as the chairman of the NPCSC in 2013. In 2017, Zhang retired from the Politburo Standing Committee, and was succeeded by Li Zhanshu as NPCSC chair in 2018.